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NYC Officers Shot: Gunman dies from wounds, NYPD says

NEW YORK - A man who opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun equipped with a high-capacity drum magazine, killing an NYPD officer and critically wounding another in a narrow apartment hallway in Harlem last week, has died, police said.Lashawn McNeil, 47, who was shot and wounded during the fatal encounter Friday night, died on Monday at Harlem Hospital, the NYPD confirmed.Three police officers had responded to an emergency call from an apartment on West 135th Street from a woman saying her adult son — McNeil — had become "problematic" on Friday night, Mayor Eric Adams said last week. The officers spoke with the woman and another person in the front of the apartment, police said. Neither said anything about McNeil, who was in a back bedroom, having a weapon, police said. Police Officer Jason Rivera and Police Wilbert Mora began walking down a narrow hallway to check on McNeil, who swung open the door and began shooting, police said.

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California bill would allow preteens to get vaxed without parents' consent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, the youngest age of any state, under a proposal late Thursday by a state senator.Alabama allows such decisions at age 14, Oregon at 15, Rhode Island and South Carolina at 16, according to Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco who is proposing the change.

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Dept. of Defense identifies 2 Marines killed in North Carolina crash

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Brianna Kupfer murder: Alleged suspect Shawn Laval Smith taken into custody in Pasadena

PASADENA, Calif. - Shawn Laval Smith, the suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer, was taken into custody Wednesday in Pasadena in connection with the 24-year-old UCLA grad student's stabbing death, authorities confirmed to FOX 11.He was arrested by Pasadena police officers around 11:50 a.m. at a bus stop near the intersection of E. Colorado Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue, approximately 17 miles from the furniture store where Kupfer was murdered, officials said. LAPD has identified a suspect in the murder of Brianna Kupfer.

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Tractor-trailer falls from icy North Carolina overpass after driver loses control

Authorities said a truck driver lost control Sunday, sending his tractor-trailer off an icy overpass. (Credit: Durham Police) DURHAM, N.C. - A frightening moment in Durham, North Carolina, Sunday after a truck driver lost control while driving over an icy overpass, sending the tractor-trailer over the guardrail. Police said it happened near the intersection of U.S.

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Biden tests negative for COVID-19 after close contact with infected staffer

US President Joe Biden addresses graduates of South Carolina State University during their commencement ceremony on December 17, 2021, in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 after coming in close contact with a staff member who tested positive for the virus, according to a White House statement. "On Monday morning, a mid-level staff member, who does not regularly have contact with the President, received a positive result for a COVID-19 test.," press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

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Biden in South Carolina to address HBCU graduates, honor Jim Clyburn

ORANGEBURG, S.C. - To House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, President Joe Biden's Friday trip to South Carolina is more than an ally's visit to a crucial early-voting state. It's a manifestation of the decades-long relationship between the two powerful Democrats, in a place that's played a pivotal role in cementing their legacies.Biden is addressing December graduates at South Carolina State University, a historically Black school in Orangeburg.

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Phillip Adams: Autopsy of ex-NFL player, accused of killing 6, shows severe CTE

ROCK HILL, S.C. - A coroner says an autopsy shows unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina before killing himself in April.The twenty years ex-football pro Phillip Adams spent playing football "definitely ... gave rise" to a diagnosis of stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, said Dr.

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Video: Chevy Chase serves customers at Raising Cane’s restaurant

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Actor Chevy Chase was recorded serving customers at a Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina on Dec. 2. Video showed the legendary comedian donning the Raising Cane’s hat and headset as he took customer orders at the drive-thru window. "How about some Cokes? Water? Water’s good.

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SC nurse charged with creating fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, DOJ says

Melville, N.Y.: A photo of a hand using a magnifying glass to check the authenticity of s Covid-19 vaccine card, taken on August 15, 2021. A card that is real will have the CDC logo.

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Mother allegedly kills 6-year-old son with deer rifle to send him 'to heaven,' police say

WINNSBORO, S.C. - A South Carolina mother has been charged with murder after investigators said she shot and killed her 6-year-old son with a deer rifle, saying she wanted to send him to heaven, investigators said.Mary Rosborough's brother told police his sister shot the boy Thanksgiving Day after going deer hunting and was trying to reload the gun when he tackled her, according to their report.RELATED: FBI: Man charged in killing of his 2 children with spear gun cited QAnon, ‘serpent DNA’Jase Wise died of a gunshot to the chest. Rosborough's brother, meanwhile, held her down until deputies arrived at the Fairfield County home, investigators said.AdvertisementRosborough, 31, remains in jail without bond.

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South Carolina animal sanctuary transforms into ‘real-life unicorn farm’

One of the miniature horses adorns a unicorn horn made by Kate Nichols. (Kate Nichols)FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. - A South Carolina woman who bought a farm nearly five years ago unintentionally turned it into a unicorn farm — yes, you read that correctly. Kate Nichols owns Hidden Pasture Unicorn Farm, also known as the Unicorn Farm, located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. When Nichols originally purchased the farm, it started off as a sanctuary for miniature horses. "Well, it was kind of an accident.

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Ohio Army National Guard Spc. Michaela Nelson has been missing for a month

DAYTON, Ohio - Michaela Nelson, a specialist with the Ohio Army National Guard, has been missing for a month.She last spoke with her family Oct. 26.

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Biden to push new $1T infrastructure law at 'red list' New Hampshire bridge

WASHINGTON - The last time Joe Biden was in New Hampshire, he was a no-show at his own, sad party.Trounced in the state's 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Biden hopped a flight to next-up South Carolina before the polls had even closed on his fifth-place finish.

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US hospitals ask for donations of gently used crutches, canes, walkers amid shortage

Beaufort Memorial Hospital in South Carolina. Hospitals in Utah are asking for gently used aluminum crutches, canes, walkers and even wheelchairs. At Cooks Children’s Hospitals in North Texas, health care providers distribute 70 crutches a week on average and with the strain of the aluminum shortage, donations are needed. FILE - Crutches and a dumbbell lie on the floor of a gym. RELATED: Cook Children's asking for donations of crutches due to supply chain shortage "All of this kind of comes back to the shortage of aluminum," Brady Gendke, vice president of operations at Cook Children’s Home Health, said.

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US court suspends Biden vaccine mandate for businesses

A US federal appeals court has halted a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden's administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 vaccines.

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3 killed after Amtrak collides with SUV in South Carolina

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - An Amtrak train carrying nearly 500 passengers collided with an SUV at a South Carolina rail crossing before dawn Saturday, leaving three of the SUV’s four occupants dead, authorities said. None of the train’s passengers or crew were hurt, Amtrak said.The North Charleston Fire Department said the SUV was heavily damaged when police arrived at the marked crossing early Saturday after the collision was first reported to emergency dispatchers shortly before 2:30 a.m.Three of the dead in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene, and a fourth person was taken to a hospital.

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18 states sue to stop Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors

Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys general from Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming signed on to one lawsuit, which was filed in a federal district court in Missouri. Another group of states including Georgia, Alabama, Idaho, Kansas, South Carolina, Utah and West Virginia filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Georgia.Texas also sued individually on Friday.

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Families of 9 killed by Dylann Roof at SC church settle with feds over gun

WASHINGTON - Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.The $88 million deal, which includes $63 million for the families of the slain and $25 million for survivors of the shooting, was set to be announced Thursday in Washington, Bakari Sellers, an attorney who helped broker the agreement, told The Associated Press.Sellers said the "88" figure was purposeful.

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OSHA warns Arizona, South Carolina and Utah over COVID-19 violations

PHOENIX - The Biden administration threatened Tuesday to revoke the authority for three Republican-controlled states to handle their own workplace safety enforcement because they have refused to adopt rules to protect health care workers from COVID-19.The threats were sent to Arizona, South Carolina and Utah as the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration prepares to adopt much more far-reaching vaccination and testing rules affecting 80 million Americans.

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Alex Murdaugh awaits bond hearing for insurance money arrest

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Lawyers for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh plan to ask a judge on Tuesday to grant bond for their client, who has spent five nights in jail following his second arrest in about a month.Murdaugh, whose wife and son were shot to death months ago in a killing that is still unresolved, stole $3.4 million of insurance money that was meant for the sons of his housekeeper, who died after falling in his home, according to sworn statements by the State Law Enforcement Division.Murdaugh is already out on a recognizance bond for a September arrest on insurance fraud charges after state agents said he tried to arrange his own shooting death on a roadside so that his surviving son could collect a $10 million life

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Jill Biden reconnects with her South Carolina church, opens up about faith

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2021 after spending the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images) WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - Jill Biden on Sunday returned to the South Carolina Baptist church where she says she began to repair her relationship with God following her son's death from brain cancer six years ago.The first lady quietly flew to West Columbia for a surprise appearance at the 50th anniversary celebration for Pastor Charles B.

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Alex Murdaugh arrested over insurance money in housekeeper's death

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A prominent South Carolina lawyer has been charged with stealing insurance settlements meant for the sons of his late housekeeper, state police said Thursday.Alex Murdaugh was arrested at a drug rehab facility in Orlando, Florida, where his attorneys said he has spent the past six weeks since claiming he was shot in the head on the side of a lonely road near his home, authorities said.The arrest on two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses involves Murdaugh's housekeeper for decades, Gloria Satterfield, the State Law Enforcement Division said in a statement.Alex Murdaugh appears in a new mugshot following his arrest in Orlando, Florida on charges in connection to insurance settlements obtained following

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Adolescent COVID-19 vaccinations lag across US

Only 47% of the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds are vaccinated against COVID-19, and in nine states, less than a third of eligible teens are vaccinated.

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Shark bites floating alligator’s foot in wild video

HILTON HEAD, S.C. - Tourists in Hilton Head, South Carolina captured video of a curious shark biting an alligator’s foot and suffice it to say, neither critter got what they wanted. Several nature watchers enjoyed a view of an alligator sunbathing near the docks. Video showed that just beneath the alligator was a shark circling. Tourists were throwing snacks at the alligator but it seemed uninterested.

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Video shows massive alligator eating other gator whole in South Carolina

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. - A viral video shows a massive alligator scarfing down another gator in South Carolina.Taylor Soper shared the video Wednesday from Murrells Inlet, showing the massive reptile eating the other gator whole.Soper said the video was taken from his parents' backyard, and told Storyful the smaller gator was at least six feet long."The small one getting eaten...

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Federal judge rules South Carolina schools can require face masks

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - School districts in South Carolina now have the authority to require masks and should check with their lawyers on what kind of accommodations they need to make for medically vulnerable students, the state's education chief said Wednesday.The memo from Education Superintendent Molly Spearman came a day after a federal judge ruled with the parents of disabled students who said a state ban on mask mandates discriminated against them because they didn't feel safe sending them to public schools without required face coverings as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.The temporary restraining order went into effect immediately.

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Dylann Roof denied death sentence appeal in 2015 SC church shootings

became the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime.

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Alex Murdaugh bond set at $20K in alleged insurance fraud scheme

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get a $10 million life insurance payout. The shooter only grazed him.Alex Murdaugh booking photo.

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Alex Murdaugh to surrender to authorities after warrant issued, lawyer says

Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina lawyer who allegedly arranged for someone to kill him in an effort to collect millions in insurance payouts for his son, will turn himself in to authorities Thursday, his lawyer Jim Griffin told Fox News on Wednesday evening. "We have been informed that there is a warrant for his arrest for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. He plans to voluntarily surrender tomorrow and the arraignment and bond hearing will be held at 4 p.m.

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17 men arrested in South Carolina for allegedly targeting children online

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Seventeen men in South Carolina have been arrested on charges of contacting children online for sexual activity, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. More than a dozen law enforcement agencies worked together on a month-long operation targeting adults accused of the crime, the sheriff’s department said.Apart from the 17 men who were arrested as part of the operation, another man is wanted on charges stemming from alleged messages exchanged with law enforcement officers posing as minors on social media apps."We, along with the Lexington Police Department and the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, served as the host agencies for this operation," Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said in a press

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SC mom of 4 dies of COVID-19 complications after giving birth

Sara Caitlin Vilchez at her baby shower. ELGIN, S.C. - A 31-year-old South Carolina mother died from complications of COVID-19 just weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. Sara Caitlin Vilchez was diagnosed with COVID-19 38 weeks into her pregnancy on Aug.

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Tropical Storm Mindy nearing landfall on Florida Panhandle

MIAMI - A swath of the Florida Panhandle was under a tropical storm warning as Tropical Storm Mindy neared landfall Wednesday night.Mindy could cause as much as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rainfall across the Florida Panhandle and portions of southern Georgia and South Carolina through Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center said. Scattered flash, urban, and small-stream floods are possible.Satellite image of Mindy The storm on Wednesday night was about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, and moving northeast at 21 mph (34 mph) with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph), forecasters said.The tropical storm warning is in effect from Mexico Beach, Florida, to the Steinhatchee River to the east.

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David Patten, 3-time Super Bowl champ with Patriots, dead at 47

FOXBORO, MA - SEPTEMBER 22: Wide receiver David Patten #86 of the New England Patriots runs with the ball during the NFL game against the Kansas City Chiefs on September 22, 2002 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Patriots won 41-38 i David Patten, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots, died Thursday.

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COVID-19 cases reach new daily highs across US

The 7-day average of new daily COVID-19 cases is now 160,506, the highest it's been since Jan 25, according to the according to the Washington Post tracker. Despite three authorized vaccines, American cities and states have seen large late-summer outbreaks due to the highly transmissible Delta (B1617.2) variant.

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SC man arrested for allegedly tattooing child inside McDonald’s

LAURENS, S.C. - A South Carolina man accused of tattooing a juvenile in a fast-food restaurant has been arrested and is facing charges, police said.Brandon Presha, 28, of Laurens, was arrested Tuesday on charges of illegal tattooing and underage tattooing, Laurens Police Chief Chrissie Latimore said. The chief said a judge has set bond on both charges at $25,000, WYFF-TV reported.The Aug.

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Airlines split on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees

In a bid to encourage companies to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, President Joe Biden will meet with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby and other business owners who have announced mandates today at the White House.

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Several colleges, universities cancel tuition debt for students for COVID-19 relief

South Carolina State University is clearing the account balances of more than 2,500 continuing students who have fallen on hard times. The school said the move will provide "much-needed relief" to students who were not able to resume classes because of financial hardships.Tennessee State University, a public historically Black university in Nashville, said that it is forgiving the account balances of returning students who were enrolled in the spring of 2020, fall of 2020 and spring of 2021.

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Man found guilty of murdering college student who mistook his car for Uber

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A South Carolina man was convicted Tuesday of the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student who mistook his car for her Uber ride.The jury took a little more than an hour to find Nathaniel Rowland guilty of the charges in the death of Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, New Jersey. He was arrested the day after the University of South Carolina student disappeared from Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district in March 2019.Josephson got into Rowland’s car thinking it was an Uber ride that would take her back to her apartment, prosecutors said.

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Woman who mistook car for Uber stabbed up to 120 times, expert testifies

COLUMBIA, S.C. - There were more than 100 stab wounds on a South Carolina university student killed by a man who attacked her after she mistakenly thought his car was her Uber ride, a pathologist testified Monday.There was also so little blood left in 21-year-old Samantha Josephson's body — 20 milliliters (1.3 tablespoons) when a body typically has at least 4 liters (1 gallon) — that workers at her autopsy struggled to get enough blood for routine testing, said Dr. Thomas Beaver, who conducted the examination of the woman after her death.The murder and kidnapping trial of Nathaniel Rowland entered its second week Monday as Beaver spent an hour methodically detailing the roughly 120 separate stab wounds on Josephson's body.

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James Brown family finally settles 15-year lawsuit over his estate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estate, according to an attorney involved in the mediation.David Black, an attorney representing Brown's estate, confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday that the agreement was reached July 9.

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Samantha Josephson: Man on trial for murder after she mistook his car for Uber ride

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina man accused of killing the woman who mistook his car for her Uber ride trapped her in the vehicle hours before her body, riddled with stab wounds, was dumped near his family home, prosecutors argued in court Tuesday.Nathaniel Rowland is on trial for the kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson.

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Samantha Josephson case: Trial starts for man accused in Uber rider's death

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Opening arguments are expected Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of killing the South Carolina woman who mistook his car for her Uber ride.Nathaniel Rowland faces kidnapping and murder charges in the 2019 death of 21-year-old Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, New Jersey. The trial is being held in Richland County Circuit Court in Columbia.The University of South Carolina student got into Rowland’s car in Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district without checking its license plate or having the driver say her name, authorities said.

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Jury selection begins for man accused in Uber rider's death

Samantha Josephson, 21, was found dead after ordering an Uber rideand mistakenly getting into her accused killer's car. (GoFundMe)COLUMBIA, S.C. - Jury selection began Monday in the criminal trial of a man accused of the 2019 killing of the South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride.Nathaniel Rowland is accused of kidnapping and killing 21-year-old Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, New Jersey.The University of South Carolina student got into Rowland’s car in Columbia’s Five Points entertainment district and was trapped there because he had turned on the child locks in his backseat so the doors could only be opened from the outside, authorities said.Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook also said investigators

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Tropical storm watches issued for Jersey Shore as Elsa moves up East Coast

Infrared satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Elsa near landfall in Florida late Wednesday morning, July 7, 2021.

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Over 20 flags stolen from graves at SC cemetery, burned before 4th of July; congressman vows to replace them

Flags burned at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson, S.C. (Credit: Forest Lawn Memorial Park manager Joe Owens) ANDERSON, S.C. - More than 20 flags were taken from graves at an Anderson, South Carolina, cemetery just before the Fourth of July.An unknown suspect or suspects collected 21 flags, piled them on cemetery grounds and burned them around 10:30 p.m.

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States report increase in COVID-19 cases over holiday

Half of all US states reported significant increases in COVID-19 cases over the long Fourth of July weekend in a surge of virus activity caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

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Boys, 8 and 9, charged in shooting death of S. Carolina man

WESTMINSTER, S.C. - An 8-year-old boy and a 9-year-old boy have been charged with killing a man who was shot with a rifle while cutting down brush in a South Carolina field, authorities said.Both boys shot at Danny Andrew Smith with a rifle as he rode his tractor in the field near Westminster on June 23, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said.Smith, 62, was shot once in the back, but investigators charged both boys because they both fired the gun in Smith's direction, Crenshaw said.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app!The boys are charged as juveniles in Family Court and their names were not released.

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